Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"In 1887 the Legislature voted to have water piped to the prison by the Camden and Rockland Water Company."

Walker Memorial Library

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Camden Public Library

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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… were being led by "rum sellers" and others to vote against their own best interests. Martin wrote, "I have devoted a large portion of this book to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"Coll. 60, vol. 3. p. 72 Kennebec Proprietors "Voted that Two Town Each of five Miles on the R Kennebeck & fifteen Miles Back..."Maine Historical…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… deeds, bills and receipts; printed grants; votes and witnesses; printed material; indexes; maps and plans and fragments."

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"… into slavery and women and African Americans can vote. If I lived back then, I think that my feelings on this would be the same."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"The town voted to support the library with $500 per year if Mr. Carnegie gave $5000. Mr. Daniel Straw donated the land and another $5000.00 was…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"… as the product of over a year's worth of town vote and debate. The building was erected in East New Portland on the site known as the Chas."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… in his diary that he wished he could be home to vote for “Old Abe” and later, that he had read Abraham Lincoln had won the election for president."

First Parish in Portland

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Fryeburg Public Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"The meetings were sometimes about voting rights for black veterans. During the picnics they also talked about life and the war."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… Massachusetts in April, 1791, the proprietors voted: that four Rights shall be obliged to clear and seed 20 acres, set up a house 18 feet square…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"A unanimous vote was taken on July 26, 1819, on the question of establishing a free and independent State. Walter P."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Democratic politics, the Irish residents who voted with the Democrats, and the politicians -- locally and nationally -- who undid what Lincoln and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"In 1806, the trustees met and voted to erect a two story wooden building. The first floor would hold the main entrance which opened to a corridor…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… of Islesborough (spelling until late 1800s) voted in 1794 to divide the town into districts for schooling, and each district was responsible for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"While African Americans received the right vote in 1870 and women the right to vote in 1920, the United State government did not give this right to…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"While in the Congress, Cohen was forced to vote on two very controversial issues: Richard Nixon’s impeachment and the Iran-Contra scandal."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Finally, in 1800 islanders voted to build two meeting houses, the Congregational on the Bass Harbor Road in Southwest Harbor, and the Baptist, on…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… "In the House of Representatives Feb 23rd 1762 Voted, That the Petition of Eben Thorndike and fifty nine Others his Associates be so far granted…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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